Experian fraudster Karabo Phungula not in court for sentencing: Karabo Phungula, who was last year convicted of fraudulently obtaining the personal data of millions of South Africans, was on Friday not present before the Joburg specialised crimes court…
The sentencing of Karabo Phungula, who was found guilty last year of fraudulently obtaining personal data of millions of South Africans, was unable to proceed on Friday because he had not been transported to court from prison. Stock photo.Karabo Phungula, who was last year convicted of fraudulently obtaining the personal data of millions of South Africans, was on Friday not present before the Johannesburg specialised crimes court for his sentencing proceedings to begin.
His application to be released on bail was refused last week and he was sent to Johannesburg Prison for his next appearance on Friday.On Friday morning, however, prosecutor Phuti Matabane told the court he had made arrangements for everyone to be in court for sentencing proceedings to start.“This morning I have learnt from the court orderly that the accused is not before court. His name is not on the list of accused brought to court,” Matabane said.
The court indicated it was ready to proceed with the sentencing and said it was not prepared to postpone the matter any further. Phungula was arrested in September 2021 on charges of fraud and contravention of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act. May 2020 when Experian handed over the data of more than 23-million people and nearly 800,000 businesses to Phungula, who impersonated a businessman who was authorised to have the information.Experian detected the breach on July 22 2020, more than 50 days after the data had already been transferred.
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